FC Nöttingen is a German association football club from the Nöttingen district of Remchingen, Baden-Württemberg. The footballers are part of a sports club of more than 500 members that also has departments for table tennis and an unusual sport popular locally known as Schnürles or Fussballtennis (en:football-tennis), played with a soccer ball on a tennis court. The game was introduced to the area from Czechoslovakia in the 1920s by coach Fritz Schnürle. The stadium is the Kleiner Arena.

FC Nöttingen
Full nameFußball Club Nöttingen 1957 e. V.
Founded2 July 1957
GroundKleiner Arena
Capacity3,800
ChairmanDirk Steidl
ManagerGerd Dais
LeagueOberliga
2021–22Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, 7th

History

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Founded on 2 July 1957, FC acknowledges TSV Germania Nöttingen, established prior to World War I, as a predecessor side. Germania folded in 1927.

The modern day successor rose slowly and steadily, out of B-class football into A-class in 1969, on into the Bezirksliga Pforzheim in 1972, the Landesliga Mittelbaden in 1996, the Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V) in 1997, and the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (IV) in 2002. On reaching the Regionalliga Süd (III) in 2004 FC stumbled and was relegated after finishing in last place. The club currently plays in the fifth tier Oberliga Baden-Württemberg as a lower table side.

 
FC Nöttingen Players after a game

In 2010–11, the club lead the Oberliga for most of the season, but eventually missed out on the title and promotion to Waldhof Mannheim when it lost the last two games of the season. A third-place finish in the Oberliga qualified the club for the promotion play-offs to the Regionalliga Südwest, where it defeated FSV Salmrohr and earned promotion. After only one season in the Regionalliga the club was relegated to the Oberliga again in 2015. Finishing runners-up in the Oberliga in 2015–16 Nöttingen was once more promoted to the Regionalliga after a play-off after four-all draw with SC Hauenstein in the final match.[1]

Honours

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The club's honours:

League

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  • Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
    • Champions: 2004
    • Runners-up: 2011, 2016
  • Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V)
    • Champions: 2002
  • Landesliga Mittelbaden (VI)
    • Champions: 1997
  • Bezirksliga Pforzheim
    • Champions: 1979, 1982, 1986, 1996
  • A-Klass Süd
    • Champions: 1972
  • B-Klass Nord
    • Champions: 1969

The club's second team also captured the Bezirksliga title in 2004.

League timeline

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Recent managers

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Recent managers of the club:[2]

Manager Start Finish
Günther Cuntz 9 January 2006 30 June 2006
Rainer Ulrich 1 July 2006 31 December 2006
Gerd Doll 1 January 2007 30 June 2007
Michael Fuchs 1 July 2007 30 June 2010
Michael Wittwer 1 July 2010 13 April 2016
Gerd Dais 14 April 2016 2 July 2016
Dubravko Kolinger 3 July 2016 Present

Recent seasons

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The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[3][4]

Season Division Tier Position
1999–2000 Verbandsliga Nordbaden V 12th
2000–01 Verbandsliga Nordbaden 6th
2001–02 Verbandsliga Nordbaden 1st ↑
2002–03 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg IV 8th
2003–04 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 1st ↑
2004–05 Regionalliga Süd III 18th ↓
2005–06 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg IV 9th
2006–07 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 14th
2007–08 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 11th
2008–09 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg V 5th
2009–10 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 9th
2010–11 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 2nd
2011–12 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 6th
2012–13 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 4th
2013–14 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 3rd ↑
2014–15 Regionalliga Südwest IV 15th ↓
2015–16 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg V 2nd ↑
2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest IV 18th ↓
2017–18 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg V 5th
Promoted Relegated

References

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  1. ^ "FCN steigt nach irrem Spiel in die Regionalliga auf" (in German). 4 June 2016.
  2. ^ FC Nöttingen .:. Trainer von A-Z (in German) weltfussball.de, accessed: 5 September 2011
  3. ^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
  4. ^ Fussball.de – Ergebnisse Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
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